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A man was beheaded and his body then crucified in Saudi Arabia yesterday, the
latest incident to provoke international condemnation of the conservative
kingdom’s human rights record.

The Saudi Interior Ministry confirmed that Mohammed Hussein, a Yemeni man
convicted of murder and sodomy, was put to death and his corpse put on
public display in the southern city of Jizan.

The body will remain on show for three days. The grisly ritual of crucifixion
is reserved only for more serious crimes, including sexual offences. Mr
Hussein was accused of killing a Pakistani citizen, Pashteh Sayed Khan,
after sodomising him.